Nguyen, 37, won election to the state Senate three years ago in a crowded primary for an open seat. In the general election, Nguyen defeated a better-funded candidate, Shannon Braddock, who happens to be Constantine’s deputy chief of staff. At the time, Braddock was in another high-ranking job in Constantine’s office.
In an interview Monday, Nguyen said he’s running in part because county leaders have talked a great deal about issues such as fixing the racial wealth gap and erasing racial bias in policing, but have been too slow to take action.
“I want to run because I think the pandemic really exposed a lot of inequities communities have faced
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